"Best Instrumental Album" award from Just Plain Folks 2002!
Compositions of award-winning composer Tom Reese are featured on this eclectic album that blends elements of classical, new age, & folk music. At times playful, other times soulful & ser [+]"Best Instrumental Album" award from Just Plain Folks 2002!
Compositions of award-winning composer Tom Reese are featured on this eclectic album that blends elements of classical, new age, & folk music. At times playful, other times soulful & serious, this music is designed to pique your imagination. Goethe likened the string quartet to a "conversation among four intelligent people." Each of the four voices of Susquehanna is of equal importance. We combine wind & strings to get a conversational flow of ideas that blend and dissolve, one into the other. Susquehanna takes you on a magical musical journey. Flute, oboe, viola & cello comprise the Susquehanna Ensemble. This group takes the traditional roles of the string quartet or wind quintet to new heights, adding orchestral depth to a quartet of players.
Thomas Grant Reese (flute, native American flute, pennywhistle). Tom's compositions are known for their beautiful melodies, innovative instrumentation & modern harmonies. His jazz compositions on "Blue Etude" were in the top 20 in the 2002 Grammies. His warm yet hard-driving flute sound has been heard throughout southcentral Pennsylvania in jazz, celtic & classical music. He has performed with a variety of artists such as Béla Fleck, Valery Ponomarev & Nick Brignola. Tom brings a warm timbre and special style to his music, from jazz to rock, popular, celtic, blues, & classical. He is a solo artist, jazz musician, & educator. In addition to Susquehanna, Tom performs with MuZette, The Reese Project, Wyndfall, & The Azure Trio. See www.wyndfallrecords.com for more on Tom & his bands.
Martha Pineno Hess (oboe). Marti earned a BS in Art Education from Millersville University. She has played oboe & English horn with the Pottstown Symphony and presently performs with the Susquehanna Ensemble, Azure Trio, ChromaTrio, Dolce Duo, Wyndwood & Opalessence. Executive director of Cygnet Studios Inc. (a non-profit arts organization which offers art classes for all ages and promotes professional musicians for all occasions), Marti teaches drawing, painting, pottery & oboe. For her "Heritage Portrait Series" the Lancaster Sunday News named Marti 1997 Best Performance Artist. Visit Cygnet Studios' website at www.cygnetstudios.org.
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